Come Ye Thankful People Come,

On Oct 18, 12:18*pm, Todd wrote:
On 10/17/2010 06:54 PM, Giles wrote:

On Oct 15, 8:53 pm, *wrote:

Geez Giles, when do you have any time to go fishing?

I don't.

That sucks.

No, it doesn't.

One hears much about the necessity of choosing the lesser of two
evils. I am continually cursed with the need to choose the greater of
two or more joys. The matter is complicated considerably by fact that
they constantly change value.....and more are added to the list
frequently.

Congratulations are in order.

To whom and for what?

To you for having a vision, starting a huge project
based on that vision, and not quitting when the result
was not what one expected. *It is to be admired.

Hm.....

I think you don't pay very close attention to what you read. Or maybe
you're just not good at it.

To the best of my recollection, the only project I have initiated at
the tree farm (and reported here)is the use of a leaf blower to expose
loose chestnuts on the ground. Granted, a certain degree of visual
acuity is needed to spot the damned things, but it's nothing that most
people I've known couldn't do pretty well. As for quitting.....well,
I did that last Saturday at about 11:30 a.m. There just aren't enough
nuts left to make further efforts worthwhile. Besides, I was on my
way out. Won't be back there till sometime late on Wednesday
evening. The squirrels will most definitely have finished the job for
me by then.

In the meantime, no, you're right, the results were not as expected.
The leaf blower turned out to be a lot more effective than I
anticipated.....and I found three more nut-bearing trees that were
overlooked in the first three rounds. In all, I collected two or
three hundred more nuts than I hoped to. And yes, I suspect you are
right once again.....persisting under such circumstances IS
admirable. Thank you; I haven't felt this good about myself since
Carol B. said, "WOW! Let's do that again!," and we did.

Doesn't whathisname eat
them things?

Maybe. *Maybe not. *Depends. *Who is whathisname?

He will incriminate himself when he writes in to protest

Eating squirrels is a criminal act?

Where did you say you're from?

Be careful of that dancing in the Lord's temple stuff.
The Lord can be catching. *:-)

Hold your breath.

Tried that. *Turn funny colors.

Those go away if you do it long enough.

Friends laugh at me. *:-)

They're not alone.

g.